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SKILLS WELCOME TO THE SHADOWS • Arcana and Enchanting (from Street Magic) added as Magical This introductory chapter has seen little more than some editing and Active Skills. Rules have been incorporated in the Awakened polishing. Why fix what doesn’t need fixing? World chapter. • Chemistry (from Arsenal) added as an Technical Active Skill. HISTORY LESSON FOR THE REALITY IMPAIRED Rules are featured Several small tweaks were made to the timeline of the Sixth World • Section on Using Skills has been reorganized and repositioned for with a few dates added and events clarified. The timeline was also ex- better legibility and reference. panded to include events that have occurred in the setting since the • Cumulative positive Social Modifiers may not exceed the charac- release of SR4, notably the story arcs detailed in the Emergence and ter’s combined natural Attribute + Skill Ratings. Ghost Cartels campaign books. A number of sidebars featuring addi- tional world events from Shadowrun’s extensive and intricate setting COMBAT material were incorporated. • The Ranged Combat Distance Modifiers are now –0/–1/–3/–6. • The Combat mechanics of Cover have been modified and dis- LIFE ON THE EDGE tinguished from Firing Blind/Full Cover and Cover is now a This section details life in the Seventies. It has been expanded with Defensive Modifier adding to the Defender’s Dodge pool. more information on the Emerged and their place in society as of • Chase combat has been revised slightly to factor in multiple op- 2072 (similar to the material on the Awakened in the original SR4 ponents. Speed is now a factor in Chase Combat. core book). • Attacker firing from cover has been increased to a –2 Dice Pool Additional setting and background fluff material has been added Modifier. to generate atmosphere and add brand names and references to the • Falling rate has been decreased to 50 meters in the first turn, 150 contextualizing information in this chapter. meters in the second turn 150 meters, and 200 meters per turn thereafter. GAME CONCEPTS • Falling damage has been changed: • Success Test Difficulty Thresholds have been increased from 1-2-3-4 to 1-2-3-5. • Extended Test Task Thresholds have been increased from 4-8- FALLING DAMAGE TABLE 12-16+ to 6-12-18-24+. DISTANCE FALLEN (IN METERS) DAMAGE • Extended Test limits number of rolls by a cumulative -1 dice 1–2 2 pool modifier per roll. 3–4 4 • The optional rule to cap dice pools at 20 dice or twice the sum 5–6 6 of the characters natural Attribute + Skill ratings, whichever is higher, has been introduced. 7–8 8 • Burning Edge to “Escape certain Death” now expressly suggests over 8 +1 box per meter that characters should be out of action for the scenario. • Scatter Table has been changed: BUILDING A SHADOWRUNNER • Several changes have been made to the chapter layout to im- SCATTER TABLE prove flow in character design. TYPE SCATTER • We’ve also established a basic step by step walkthrough of Character Creation for beginners. This includes reorganizing Standard Grenade 1D6 meters – 1 per net hit the priority of some steps so that basic creation runs: Choose Aerodynamic Grenade 2D6 meters – 2 per net hit your Metatype, Pick Qualities, Purchase Attributes, Acquire Grenade Launcher 3D6 meters – 2 per net hit Skills, Assign Resources, and finally Finishing Touches. This Rocket 4D6 meters – 1 per net hit prioritizes character-defining Qualities (such as Magician, Technomancer, and Exceptional Attribute) before Attribute Missile 4D6 meters – 1 per net hit (–Sensor rating) and Skill allocation. Airburst 2D6 meters – 1 per net hit (– Sensor rating)

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• For every 20 Speed points that a vehicle (or group of vehicles) is THE WIRELESS WORLD slower than its adversary, it receives a –1 DP modifier to all Tests. This chapter was rewritten and reorganized for better flow and • Additional hits beyond those that reduce a grenades scatter to 0 facilitate integration and understanding of the Matrix ruleset. or less do not add to the grenade’s DV. • Peripheral nodes and nexi (from Unwired) are given basic rules. • Device Hardware attributes like Signal and Response are now lim- ited to +2 upgrades above the original rating. Further upgradesTHE AWAKENED WORLD require a Modular Electronics Modification. (To be included in • The workings of the “mystic link” that is established with visual future Arsenal errata and printings as well) Line of Sight during Spellcasting targeting has been clarified as well as interaction with Astral Barriers. MODULAR ELECTRONICS • The interaction of Indirect Combat Spells and the physical world Modular Electronics allows the upgrade of a vehicle’s Signal and during spellcasting has been revisited and clarified. Spells manifest Response hardware above the normal +2 limit by making components at the caster and physically travel instantly to the target over the modular and easy to replace. mystic link—hence cover and other physical obstacles can block Slots: 1 the spell. Threshold: 8 • Counterspelling interaction with Direct and Indirect Combat Tools: Kit Spells has been clarified, it works against both. Cost: 1000¥ • Arcana and Enchanting (from Street Magic) have been incorpo- Availability: 6 rated in the core ruleset with fully compatible but simplified rules. Special Skill: Hardware • Weapon Focus bonding cost has been reduced to 3 x Force. • Adept Centering Metamagic (from Street Magic) has been added • Decryption now uses Electronic Warfare + Decrypt. to the core book. • Switching Interface Mode is now expressly prohibited when • The Adept Power Improved Ability now supports Vehicle Skills. jammed open by a black IC attack. • The Adept Power Kinesics is now capped at Level 3. • Crash Program/OS were clarified as Crash Node and Crash Program. • The Adept Power Improved Reflexes costs have been revised as • Interval for Crash Node was changed from 1 Combat Turn to 1 follows: Complex Action. Level 1: 1.5 Power Points • Interval for Hack on the Fly was changed from 1 Combat Turn to Level 2: 2.5 Power Points 1 Complex Action. Level 3: 4 Power Points • Reboot explicitly only creates the node when the extended test is complete. • The Adept Power Improved Physical Attribute costs have been • Repair Icon action now only heals the target icon when the task is revised as follows: successfully completed and has a revised threshold of (damage x 2). .75 Power Points per level • Set Data Bomb Complex Action added. 1.5 Power Points per level over Natural Maximum • Interval for Trace User was changed from 1 Combat Turn to 1 Complex Action. • Direct combat spells have a new optional mechanic: for each Net • When performing a Terminate Connection action, a node now Hit applied to damage, the Drain Value increases by +1. For Area adds a dice pool modifier of +1 for each IC program running in of Effect spells, use only the highest Net Hits applied to damage. the node. The hacker receives a +2 dice pool bonus if using a secu- • Rules for Astral Barriers and Mana Barriers have been expanded rity account, or +4 if using an admin account. If the hacker used a so they now work with targets that have no resistance dice pool, passcode and legitimate account to log on, then the connection is but instead do possess an Object Resistance threshold. They now immediately terminated. increase the OR threshold by 1 for every increment of 3 Force in • Data Bomb has been made more dangerous. When it “detonates,” the Mana Barrier (round up). a data bomb now inflicts a number of boxes of Matrix damage equal to (rating x 1D6), then the data bomb is deleted. • Data Search Thresholds have now been adjusted to reflect that some information just can’t be found on the “open Matrix” by OBJECT RESISTANCE TABLE Data Search (though it can probably still be hacked out of secure CATEGORY THRESHOLD databases/nodes. The Data Search Threshold for “Protected or Natural Objects (Trees, Soil, Unprocessed Water) 1 Secret” information is now ““N/A” • Text clarified to say that Technomancers cannot take Biofeedback Manufactured Low-Tech Objects and Materials Filter as a complex form (since it is an inherent form based upon 2 (Brick, Leather, Simple Plastics) their Charisma stat). Manufactured High-Tech Objects and Materials • Costs of Skillsofts have been revised: 3 (Advanced Plastics, Alloys, Electronic Equipment, Sensors) SKILLSOFTS AVAILABILITY COST Highly Processed Objects 5+ Activesofts (Rating 1–4) 8 Rating x 10,000 (Computers, Complex Toxic Wastes, Drones, Vehicles) Knowsofts (vRatings 1–5) 4 R ting Ra ng x 2,0000 Linguasofts (Rating 1–5) 2 Rating x 500

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Magic x2, the power simply has no effect. Sportscar 3 • Innate Spell power Force has also been limited to Magic rating for Limousine 5 Spirits of Man. Family Van 5 to 7 Delivery Van 3 Patrol Car 5 STREET GEAR APC/Riot Control Vehicle 10 to 14 • Implant Grades: These have been rewritten so the distinction is T-Bird 8 clearer. Both Bioware and Cyberware are available in Standard, Autogyro/Aerial Personal Mobility Vehicle 1 Alpha, Beta and Delta versions. Bioware can also be qualified by Cargo Helicopter 4 whether it is Basic or Cultured. Utility Helicopter 7 Personal Jet 5 to 10 Transport Plane 20 4 CHANGES REFERENCE DOCUMENT